# AI Intro Maker

> An AI intro maker turns your channel or show name into a short opening clip, usually 3–10 seconds. On Kenerate you make a title card image first, then animate it in Video Studio with the same card as the end frame (Wan 3.0, Seedance 2.0, Veo 3.1 Fast or Kling v3), so the clip lands on your exact name; a 4-second Veo 3.1 Fast intro with sound costs 180 credits. AI redraws every frame and can warp text mid-clip, so for a pixel-exact title, animate the background and add the name as a text overlay in your editor.

URL: https://kenerateai.com/ai-intro-maker
Publisher: Kenerate AI (https://kenerateai.com)
Last updated: 24 October 2026

## Key facts
- How it works: Title card (Image Studio) → Image to Video with the card as start and end frame
- Intro length: 2–15 s (Wan 3.0) · 3–15 s (Kling v3) · 4–15 s (Seedance 2.0) · 4, 6 or 8 s (Veo 3.1 Fast)
- 4 s intro with sound: 180 credits (Veo 3.1 Fast, 720p)
- 5 s draft: 75 credits at 480p, 150 at 720p (Wan 3.0)
- Title card: GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst letters your name in quotes · 7.2 credits at 1K
- Music sting: Ken Music 1 · ~30 s clip to trim · 12 credits
- Access: Video Studio needs a paid plan — one-time packs from $15 for 1,300 credits
- Watermark: None
- Veo 3.1 Fast (Google): Title card start frame + optional end frame → 4, 6 or 8 s · 16:9 or 9:16 · 45 credits/s with sound, 30 silent. A YouTube or video-podcast intro with sound made in sync.
- Wan 3.0 (Alibaba): Start + end frame + motion prompt → 2–30 s · 480p–1080p · 15 credits/s at 480p, 30 at 720p. Cheap drafts, 2–3 s stings and Shorts openers.
- Seedance 2.0 (ByteDance): Start + end frame + motion prompt → 4–15 s · 480p–4K · 36 credits/s at 480p, 72 at 720p. Cinematic scene intros, can speak one line in quotes.
- Kling v3 Standard (Kuaishou): Start frame + optional end frame → 3–15 s · 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 · 25.2 credits/s silent, 37.8 with sound. Square intros for feeds.
- GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (OpenAI): Prompt with your name in quotes → Still title card · 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 and more · 7.2 credits at 1K. The title card that becomes your start and end frame.
- Ken Music 1 (Kenerate): A short music prompt → Clips of about 30 s · 12 credits. A sting or riser to trim under the intro.

## Steps
1. Pick the shape and length — 16:9 for YouTube and video podcasts, 9:16 for Shorts, Reels and TikTok, 1:1 for feeds. Aim for 3–6 seconds — long enough to read the name once, short enough that viewers reach your content fast.
2. Make the title card — In Image Studio choose GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst and the same ratio. Put the exact name in quotes: a dark studio background, the words “Night Shift Podcast” in bold white letters, centred, nothing else. Check the spelling letter by letter. Have a logo? Place it on the card yourself, or see AI logo animation.
3. Decide how the intro moves — Sting: the title card as both start and end frame, with a light sweep or glow. Reveal: start on the same background without text, end on the title card. Scene intro: start on a scene (a desk, a city at night) and end on the title card.
4. Animate it in Video Studio — Choose Image to Video and a model with an end-frame slot: Veo 3.1 Fast for a 4–8 s intro with sound, Wan 3.0 for cheap drafts and 2–3 s stings, Seedance 2.0 for cinematic scenes, Kling v3 for 1:1. Describe one motion and add “static camera, the text never changes”.
5. Add the sound — Ask the model for a whoosh or a riser, or make a sting in Music Studio with Ken Music 1 (12 credits) and trim it. Want a voice? Write one line — “Welcome back to Night Shift” — in Voice Studio; on Eleven v3 a one-line welcome costs 2–4 credits.
6. Check the title, then finish — Scrub frame by frame. If letters wobble in the middle, re-run shorter, or render the moving background without text and type the name as a text layer in your editor (CapCut, DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, iMovie). Put the music under it there and export. No watermark.

## In depth

### Which intro do you need?
Three openers people search for, and how each is set up in Kenerate.
Credits from Kenerate's model lists on 24 October 2026, plus 7.2 credits for each title card. Packs are one-time, from $15 for 1,300 credits. An audio-only podcast intro needs no video at all: a Ken Music 1 sting plus a voice line.
- Length: YouTube channel intro — 4–8 s; Video podcast intro — 5–10 s; Shorts / Reels opener — 2–3 s
- Ratio: YouTube channel intro — 16:9; Video podcast intro — 16:9; Shorts / Reels opener — 9:16
- Start frame: YouTube channel intro — A scene or the empty background; Video podcast intro — The studio set or the show art; Shorts / Reels opener — Your title card
- End frame: YouTube channel intro — Your title card; Video podcast intro — Your title card; Shorts / Reels opener — Your title card
- Model: YouTube channel intro — Veo 3.1 Fast or Seedance 2.0; Video podcast intro — Wan 3.0 or Veo 3.1 Fast; Shorts / Reels opener — Wan 3.0
- Sound: YouTube channel intro — Native whoosh + sting; Video podcast intro — Ken Music 1 bed + a spoken welcome line; Shorts / Reels opener — A one-hit sound or silent
- Example cost: YouTube channel intro — 6 s Veo 3.1 Fast at 1080p with sound: 270 credits; Video podcast intro — 5 s Wan 3.0 at 720p: 150 credits + 12 for music; Shorts / Reels opener — 3 s Wan 3.0 at 720p: 90 credits

### How long should an intro be?
YouTube's own analytics give the clearest answer. In YouTube Studio, the “Intro” key moment shows what share of viewers are still watching after the first 30 seconds, and YouTube suggests changing those 30 seconds if the number is low [1]. An intro sits inside that window, so it should be short: 2–3 seconds for a sting before Shorts, 3–8 seconds for a channel opener, a little longer for a video podcast where the open is part of the show.
Kenerate's video models set the floor: Wan 3.0 starts at 2 seconds, Kling v3 at 3, Seedance 2.0 and Veo 3.1 Fast at 4.

### Why does AI mess up the text in an intro — and how do you keep your name exact?
An image-to-video model doesn't move your title like a motion-graphics program. It reads the start frame and paints every following frame itself, and lettering is the hardest thing for it to repaint the same way twice. So a name that is perfect in frame one can grow an extra letter or turn into look-alike glyphs halfway through.
Three ways around it, from quickest to most exact:
- Pin the end: use your title card as the end frame. Google's Veo 3.1 documentation describes this — a start image plus an optional end image, with the video generated between them [2]. In Kenerate the “End frame” slot is on Wan 3.0, Seedance 2.0, Veo 3.1 Fast and Kling v3.
- Pin both ends and keep it short: the title card as start and end frame, 2–4 seconds, one motion, static camera. Fewer generated frames, less drift.
- Take the text out of the AI: render a moving background with no text, then type your name as a text layer in your editor. The title is then exactly your font and spelling in every frame — the AI only makes the motion.

### Intro, logo animation or banner — which page do you need?
Kenerate splits these into separate jobs:
- Intro (this page): the whole opener — title card, scene, sting and maybe a spoken line, 3–10 seconds.
- Logo animation: you already have a logo and want only that mark to move, as a sting, reveal or loop.
- YouTube banner: the still channel art at the top of your channel page — no motion at all.
- Jingle: music only, for radio, podcasts or ads.

### What other AI intro makers offer
From each vendor's own page, read on 24 October 2026 [4][5]:
- HeyGen: templates and a brand kit, 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1, a music library or your own track, a free plan and a Creator plan “around $29 per month”; it suggests 3–8 seconds and says nothing about text accuracy.
- Fotor: a text prompt or an image, style picks such as cinematic or 3D, “free for 7 days”; it names no models, ratios or audio options.
- Kenerate: you pick the model, pin the title card as the start and end frame yourself, choose 2 to 15 seconds depending on the model, add sound or a Ken Music sting, and see the credit price before each render. No templates — you describe the look.

### Music and copyright in your intro
Your intro plays on every upload, so a music claim on it repeats on every video. YouTube's Content ID compares uploads with files that rights holders submit and can block, monetise or track a matching video [3]. Use music you made or licensed — a Ken Music 1 sting is 12 credits, and Kenerate's terms give you ownership and commercial use of what you generate.

### Intro prompts to copy
Each prompt protects the title first, then names one motion. Frames and length are listed with each.
- 1. Title card (GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst · 16:9): A dark navy studio background with soft blue light from the left. The words “Night Shift Podcast” in bold, clean white sans-serif letters, centred, large and fully legible. No other text, no logos, lots of empty space around the title.
- 2. Clean reveal (Veo 3.1 Fast · start = empty background, end = title card · 4 s · sound): On the dark navy background, a thin line of blue light draws across the centre and the title fades in from it, settling sharp and still for the last second. Static camera. The title text never changes shape or spelling. Sound: a low whoosh, then a soft synth hit as the title settles.
- 3. Scene into title (Seedance 2.0 · start = scene, end = title card · 5 s): Slow push-in across a desk at night with a glowing microphone and a city skyline through the window; the light blooms and dissolves into the title card. Smooth, slow camera, no shake. A presenter's voice says: “Welcome back to Night Shift.”
- 4. Shorts sting (Wan 3.0 · start and end = title card · 3 s · 9:16): The title stays exactly as it is — same letters, colours and spacing. A quick flash of light sweeps across it from bottom to top, then fades. Static camera, plain background. Sound: one short bright whoosh.
- 5. Text-free background for an exact title (Wan 3.0 · 5 s · 16:9): Slow drifting blue and violet light streaks over a dark background, gentle and looping, with open space in the centre for a title. No text, no letters, no logos. Static camera.
- 6. The music sting (Ken Music 1, instrumental): Five-second YouTube intro sting: a fast rising synth swell into one punchy drum hit and a bright chord, modern and confident, then silence. Instrumental.

References:
[1] YouTube Help — Measure key moments for audience retention: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9314415
[2] Google Cloud — Generate videos using first and last video frames: https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/video/generate-videos-from-first-and-last-frames
[3] YouTube Help — How Content ID works: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797370
[4] HeyGen — AI intro maker: https://www.heygen.com/tool/ai-intro-maker
[5] Fotor — AI intro maker: https://www.fotor.com/ai-video-generator/intro-maker/

## FAQ
Q: What is an AI intro maker?
A: A tool that makes the short opening clip of a video, channel or podcast from a description instead of a template. On Kenerate you make a title card with your name, animate it in Video Studio with a model such as Veo 3.1 Fast or Wan 3.0, and add a sting from Music Studio. You choose the model, the length and the ratio, and see the credit price before each render.

Q: How long should a YouTube intro be?
A: Short — most creators use 3–8 seconds, and a sting can be 2. YouTube Analytics measures how many viewers are still watching after the first 30 seconds, so every second of intro is time not spent on the content they clicked for. On Kenerate, Wan 3.0 goes down to 2 seconds, Kling v3 to 3, and Seedance 2.0 and Veo 3.1 Fast to 4.

Q: Will the AI spell my channel name correctly?
A: Not always. The video model redraws every frame, so letters can thicken, swap or melt mid-clip. Make the title card as a still first and check it; then use it as the end frame so the clip lands on the real name. For a title that never changes, render the motion background without text and add your name as a text layer in your video editor.

Q: Is the AI intro maker free?
A: No. Video Studio needs a paid plan, with one-time packs from $15 for 1,300 credits and no subscription. A 5-second Wan 3.0 draft is 75 credits at 480p, and a 4-second Veo 3.1 Fast intro with sound is 180. The 25 credits you get at sign-up can go on a Ken Music 1 sting (12 credits) or a title card with Qwen Image 3.0, the free-plan image model (9 credits).

Q: Can I add music to my intro?
A: Yes, two ways. Ask a sound model (Veo 3.1 Fast, Wan 3.0, Seedance 2.0, Kling v3) for a whoosh, riser or chime in the prompt, or make a sting in Music Studio — Ken Music 1 gives a clip of about 30 seconds for 12 credits — and trim it under the clip in your editor. Kenerate's terms give you ownership of what you generate.

Q: Can I make a podcast intro with AI?
A: Yes. For a video podcast, make a 16:9 intro from your show art or studio set (5 seconds on Wan 3.0 at 720p is 150 credits). For an audio-only podcast you don't need video: make a sting in Music Studio and a welcome line in Voice Studio, and put them before the episode in your audio editor.

Q: Can I put my logo in the intro?
A: Yes. Place your logo on the title card and use that card as the start and end frame. If the intro is mainly your logo moving, the AI logo animation page walks through stings, reveals and loops for that.

Q: What's the best AI model for intros?
A: Veo 3.1 Fast for a 4–8 second YouTube intro with sound (45 credits a second with sound). Wan 3.0 for drafts, Shorts openers and 2–3 second stings (15 credits a second at 480p). Seedance 2.0 when the intro starts on a cinematic scene. Kling v3 when you need a square 1:1 version.

Q: Can I join the intro to my video on Kenerate?
A: Video Studio's Video Joiner stitches two to four generated clips into one (40 credits for two, 80 for three, 120 for four) with an AI-made join — handy for putting a scene shot and a title shot together. To put the intro in front of a full episode, use the editor you already cut your videos in.

Q: Can I use an intro made with Kenerate on a monetised channel?
A: Kenerate's terms give you ownership and commercial use of what you generate, music included. YouTube's Content ID still matches uploads against files submitted by rights holders, so don't drop someone else's song or logo into your intro.

## Related pages
- AI logo animation: https://kenerateai.com/ai-logo-animation
- YouTube banner generator: https://kenerateai.com/youtube-banner-generator
- AI thumbnail generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-thumbnail-generator
- AI jingle generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-jingle-generator
- AI video podcast generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-video-podcast-generator
- YouTube Shorts voice generator: https://kenerateai.com/youtube-shorts-voice-generator
- Image to video AI: https://kenerateai.com/image-to-video-ai
- AI video generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-video-generator

## Sources
- YouTube Help — Measure key moments for audience retention: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9314415
- Google Cloud — Generate videos using first and last video frames (Veo 3.1): https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/video/generate-videos-from-first-and-last-frames
- YouTube Help — How Content ID works: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797370
- Kenerate AI terms of service: https://kenerateai.com/terms